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mistercrash
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08.20.2011, 10:39 AM

Ping batteries are made with prismatic cells. Now are they the same ones as you linked I couldn't tell. The ping batteries also come with a Battery Management System built in and are sold with matching charger. Most people I've seen that wrote about their experience with Ping Batteries is positive. Good product at a reasonable price and very good customer service. There are other options for already made batteries out there, even better quality but for double or triple the price. I can build a battery, I've done it countless times. I just don't want to play with that kind of voltage and amps.

E-Bike projects are great and so are E-Bikes. But for me, I realized that it was just that, a bike. I thought something that is more sturdy like a small motorcycle would be better for me. So I looked into scooters. I really don't regret my choice, it rides really well, it feels solid on the road and people see you a little better. If you're going to put a lot of mileage on a two wheeled electric vehicle, might as well be a scooter or a small motorcycle. There's quite a few that like to convert 250cc motorcycles and they can be found used real cheap. But they do spend months building them and they spend quite a bit of money also. Depending on how well they built it, they might have to tinker on it every weekend to fix things that failed. I don't have the time or energy to do that. I wanted something already made with a warranty and that's what I got and it is serving me very well. In October, I will have reimbursed myself the price I paid for that scooter with what I saved not using or even having a car.

I can understand a little bit why electric vehicles never took off because of many political reasons shall I say. There are a lot of filthy rich companies that would go down real fast if tomorrow, just half of the world's car users would switch to an electric vehicle like a scooter or E-bike. Now that I got used to do things with a scooter instead of a car, I don't miss not having a car. That may change this winter but we'll see, I'm holding my grounds here! BIG OIL COMPANIES CAN KISS MY BUTTery! Maybe I should put that on a T-Shirt.


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